Planning for a Logistics Village

This paper provides a review of the characteristics of a comprehensive logistics village and an evaluation of Malaysia's logistics infrastructure. Currently, the country lacks a full-fledged logistics village but its function is provided for by freight transport terminals such as ports, inland ports and distriparks (for district parks). The locations of Malaysia's logistics terminals were less than desirable, traffic congestion was a commonplace at the terminals and intermodal transportations were lacking. A questionnaire survey on the perception of freight forwarders on the core elements of freight transport terminals, i.e., ports, inland ports and warehouses were conducted. The research had examined three core elements, namely, physical elements, activities and services as well as the respondents' level of satisfaction with the transport terminals. It was found that the respondents' perceived the terminal's core elements as being moderately important. They were moderately satisfied with the goods distribution process at the freight transport terminals.